Godfather Of Champions

The penalty kick in the 31st minute of the first half dealt a heavy blow to the Forest team. In the following time, the Nottingham Forest players looked a little listless. In the away game, the opponent led by two goals in 30 minutes. The opponent is Manchester United. How do you play this game?

Some people thought of the league they lost to Liverpool, and they were beaten 0:2 in the first half, and then the team collapsed...

It is the same today, only George Wood is still running, but he is too insignificant in front of the strong midfield of Manchester United.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the cheers of the Red Devils fans rang from the stands at Old Trafford. They seemed to have seen a victory within reach.

Dunn did not rush back to the locker room, but stood on the sidelines and watched his men enter the corridor. All the forest players on the field bowed their heads when they passed the coach-they all felt that the forty-five minutes of the game today was really bad...

The opposite Ferguson also didn't rush back to the dressing room, but stood on the sidelines with a smile on his face. When a Manchester United player passed by him, he would pat the opponent's shoulder.

Two coaches, one expressionless and one full of spring breeze, the contrast is like the score on an electronic scoreboard.

When only the warm-up substitute players were left on the court, Dunn and Ferguson walked into the player's corridor one after another.

Pushing the door open, Dunn almost thought he had walked into the empty room by mistake, making no sound, as if there was no one alone.

Looking at the frustrated players, Dun En's original prepared speeches all disappeared without a trace. At this time, it is necessary to change a strategy.

He coughed to remind everyone in the room of his existence. This attracted the attention of many people.

To achieve the goal, Dunn raised his wrist to look at the watch, pretending to be surprised: "Is there something wrong with my watch? The game is over? David, how about the watch?"

Chris Lak knew what Dunn was going to do, he shook his head: "No, Tony. It's just the end of the first half now."

"The first half is over? Are you sure?" Tang En asked, his eyes widened.

"I'm sure." Chris Lak nodded.

"Hmm..." Hearing this answer, Dunn looked at the players, "It seems that my watch is normal, and there is no problem with my memory. In that case..."

He paused for a long time, "Since we still have forty-five minutes, what are you doing, gentlemen? All weeping, making me think I went to the wrong room and remembered the wrong time. Is the game over? No! So what is the reason for your appearance? Or..." He waved his hand to the door of the locker room and increased the volume. "You don't think we will have any improvement or chance in the second half. This game ends here. Already?! Answer me!"

Some of the players responded sporadically: "No... boss..."

"In my team, it is never allowed for a coward who has given up the hope that he is lost before the game is over! If anyone has no confidence in himself and his partners, he can raise his hand now , There is not much time before the winter transfer period!"

No one raised their hands.

"Why? No one raised your hand? Then when you were silent just now, were you all sleeping? Okay, let's put this question aside for now..." Dunn waved his hand and really dropped it. . "Fifteen minutes after the intermission, I don't want to waste this nonsense. Yes, we are in a bad situation now. We are still two goals behind in the away game. It seems difficult to get back to life. But these are not. We have to give up the reason for this game. In fact, we have no reason to give up the hope of winning."

Hearing the head coach's tone slowing down, the players just raised their heads after being scolded by Dunn with his head buried and not daring to breathe.

"Frank." Dunn turned to the corner of the locker room and looked at Ribery and said, "You are a full-back or even a winger. Remember that you are only assisting Barnes's defense. I will not criticize you for giving the opponent a flop. Lie the chance of a penalty kick, but you have to know that you are an offensive player, and defense is not your first task. You see, you have been entangled with Ronaldo several times near our penalty area. At this time, if we steal the ball successfully, we need to fight back. do?"

Dunn's tone was not heavy, and he was justified and well-founded. Ribery nodded frequently and was enthusiastic on the court. He only thought about how to win the singles with Ronaldo, completely forgetting the needs of the team's overall tactics. Looking back now, what I did was really ill-considered.

"We all know that in addition to creating opportunities for our own goals, the wing attack also has an important function to suppress the opponent's wing attack. Therefore, Frank, if you retreat too hard, it is equivalent to letting the opponent suppress us on the left. Offense..."

When Dunn said this, Ribery fully understood. He was completely led away by Ronaldo.

"I see, boss. I won't make them so comfortable in the second half!" he said with his fist clenched.

Dunn nodded and turned to Wood again: "Then...George. Remember your mission before the game?"

Wood nodded.

"But you have too little support for wing defense. If you are more active, Ribery's pressure will not be so great."

Wood opened his mouth, trying to defend himself, but he immediately gave up the idea and said nothing. Albertini next to him spoke for him: "Boss, I am not... Actually Keane put too much pressure on George..."

Dunn nodded to show that he knew, but he continued Albertini's words: "Anyone who plays with Keane will be under a lot of pressure. Do you think Arsenal captain Vieira is under pressure? Same. Roy Key Hmm... That's the one person. So, George, just like that, if you can't complete the task I give you, I'll change."

To Ribery, Dunn said that he was amiable, but to his favorite George Wood, he was harsh and unkind. If ordinary players face this kind of unreasonable arrangement, I am afraid they would have been mumbled long ago?

But no, Wood didn't even show any change in expression on Wood's face, and nodded: "Okay." The tone was so flat that people felt that he must have not heard Dunn's words, but just responded casually.

Dunn didn’t repeat the question: "Do you understand?" He turned around and said to the players of the team:

"Guys, you should know that football is a collective sport. Whether it is offense or defense, it cannot be decided by one or two people. So... you also need to help Wood." He smiled, "Don't let Wood To be a Superman alone, I need eleven Supermen!"

"It's too easy, boss!" Eastwood raised his hand to stand.

"Do you have any good suggestions, Freddie?" Dunn looked at him.

Freddie nodded and said solemnly: "Just wear your underwear outside!"

Even Viduka, who is always more serious, couldn’t help but laugh after hearing his strike partner say so. His laughter was like a signal flare in the silent room. Everyone—including The players and the coaches-all laughed loudly... the suffocating air in the dressing room just swept away with everyone's laughter.

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When the coaches of both sides reappeared on the sidelines and waited for the kick-off whistle to sound in the second half, Dunn glanced at Ferguson, and the old Scottish man had a faint smile on his face and his face was red.

Seeing this face that always faintly smiled, Dunn felt uncomfortable, and he quickly turned his face back.

Forty-five minutes, don’t laugh too early, Sir Ferguson...

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After the start of the second half of the game, it seemed that it was a replica of the first half. Manchester United took advantage of the home court to launch a tidal attack on the Forest team's goal. One wave after another, the Forest team was very embarrassed.

Ribery remembered Dunn’s words during the intermission, but when he found that the football could not pass his feet at all in front, he hesitated or ran back... counterattack? Then we must first not lose the ball.

Seeing that the team's situation has not improved much, Dunn got up from the coach's bench, walked to the sidelines, waved his hand and shouted at the court: "George!!!"

Wood heard Dunn calling him, but he didn't look back, he knew what Dunn called him for.

Keane pressed on more frequently in the second half, which seemed to be Ferguson's instruction. Scholes and Roy Keane, coupled with Rooney and Van Nistelrooy who retreated in turn, the defense in the center is indeed too tight.

Wood has never experienced the feeling of a game like this-when facing Roy Keane, his spirit will be highly nervous and he can't have a breath of time at all. Any negligence can bring fatal results. He didn't mind to think about other issues, only Manchester United's No. 16.

Dunn understands the current situation very well, because he still remembers that when Keane announced his retirement later, he was the number one rival in the Premier League... Or his opponent Patrick Vieira once paid tribute to the Manchester United captain. , Said Keane is the greatest midfielder he has ever played against. He must bring up all his spirits and inspire one hundred percent of his energy when playing against Keane. He likes the excitement of full devotion and mastery.

Dunn doesn't know if Wood will like this feeling, but he can be sure to play a life-and-death formal game with Keane who is in good shape, and George's growth is far greater than three months of hard work in the training ground.

There is a sentence buried in Dun En's heart. He did not say to anyone: Even if the game really loses, as long as the process meets Dun En's expectations, then he won't have any complaints. He can bear the pressure of losing streak.

What he showed was to motivate the players' fighting spirit, and it was not as easy to lose as people thought.

Failure is the only way to victory...Of course it requires valuable failure.

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"Roy Keane got the ball, but he couldn't shoot... he was always with George Wood, and Wood was inseparable from him. This should be the tactical arrangement of Coach Tony Dunn."

Keane saw George Wood coming up, and immediately divided the ball to Ronaldo's feet on the wing. When Wood saw this, he rushed to Ronaldo. The Portuguese saw him come and pass the football back to Keane's feet. Central defender Pikwe stepped forward to make up, but was passed behind the ball. Fortunately, Forest right back Leighton Barnes received in the penalty area in time and interfered with Rooney to fly the ball.

Seeing this scene just now, Dunn shook his head off the court. This is not enough, people can't run the ball no matter how fast.

Wood stood by Keane's side, watching goalkeeper Darren Ward give Barnes a thumbs up, thanking him for retrieving him in time and removing a threat. A flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind.

Why not do this?

So he walked up to Albertini and explained his thoughts concisely. Albertini quickly understood Wood’s thoughts. He considered for a moment, and then nodded: “Although this is not the boss’s arrangement , But I think I can try."

Then he turned around and told everyone about Wood's idea. Not everyone agreed. Some people were hesitant, because George Wood had never been a full-back in training, and Pique, a Spaniard, had never been a midfielder.

Taking advantage of the dead ball time, Albertini said to several teammates who need to participate in this plan: "I don't think there is any hesitation. Looking at the score, we are already two goals behind. If we can't control Manchester United. We didn’t even have a chance to counterattack. George’s idea is very good, Pique, have you ever played a midfielder before?

The Spanish boy shook his head: "No, Demi."

"Then why not try this opportunity?"

"But this is an important game..."

"Don't worry about that, this is not a cup final. Okay, I said that's it. Pique, usually you still play as a central defender. If you see Keane come up to get the ball, you will push it out and force him. Then Barnes, you received a central defender in the penalty area and left the side corridor to George. Is it okay? Nothing, do it!" At the critical moment Albertini showed the ability and courage of a captain, three times The new task has been allocated by five divided by two. Of course, this is also related to his English level. He always avoids long sentences with complex grammar, but uses phrases to express his meaning, so everyone understands it well.

No one disagrees with what he did, because everyone knows how much coach Tony Dunn values ​​the Italian captain. Sometimes the relationship between the two of them does not look like a pure coach and player...

Dunn saw his players get together on the sidelines, and then they separated soon, not knowing what happened. Then when Manchester United attacked again, he was surprised to find that Pikwe had topped Wood's position!

"Lower midfielder!" he couldn't help but yelled, and Chris Lak next to him asked: "Is there a problem, Tony?"

Dunn shook his head quickly: "No, no problem, this is good..."

He still remembered that because Pikwe was unable to play in the Manchester United first team and Ferguson felt delayed playing in the reserve team, Zaragoza, who was loaned to La Liga, faced the same dilemma of not being able to play at the beginning. However, the contract between Manchester United and Zaragoza stipulated the number of appearances of Pique-20 times a season, so Zaragoza arranged for Pique to play the number of games in the last minutes of the game, and also put him As a panacea, let him play wherever there is a shortage of people. For example-midfielder.

Originally, Pique could only play right back and center back. As a result, he was forced by the environment in Zaragoza and the third position of the midfielder was also developed.

It turns out that Pique did a good job in the position of the defensive midfielder, even though his favorite is the defender...

Unexpectedly, Pikwe’s third position would appear in the Premier League two years earlier!

For the first time, Pique, who hit the midfielder, was completely driving the ducks to the shelves. Facing Keane, he was a little at a loss and was easily swayed. Fortunately, Albertini filled his seat in time and resolved the crisis.

Piquet made an apologetic gesture to the captain, but Albertini smiled and said to him: "The first time, it is inevitable. In fact, there is no difference. Just pay attention to your actions. The defense outside the penalty area is not the same as the one inside the penalty area. Same, don't get out of your feet easily, stick to him!"

Pikwe nodded to show that he knew.

On the other side, the Portuguese genius Cristiano Ronaldo was a little surprised to find that his opponent had changed. Leighton Barnes went to the penalty area and seemed to be a central defender, but what about the scar face...

Ribery wants to come back to assist the defense, pay attention to "assistance". Although frequent running up and down made him feel tired, he can still persist through gritting his teeth.

Wood looked up and saw Ribery running towards him, "What are you doing?"

"What the boss said, help defend..." The Frenchman secretly pointed to Manchester United 7.

"No." Wood bluntly rejected Ribery's kindness, "You come back, who attacked? Go up." He pointed to the Manchester United backcourt and said.

Ribery wanted to refute, but his mouth opened and closed, then turned and ran back.

Cristiano Ronaldo was by Wood's side, and he could clearly hear the conversation between him and Ribery. This kid didn't even look at him when he was speaking, and suddenly a grievance arose in the Portuguese heart-look down on me? Do you think that just one person can prevent me? Okay, come and try!

When Keane took the ball again to face Pikwe and was about to break through, he suddenly saw Ronaldo wave to him from the wing and let him pass the ball.

With such an obvious intention to pass, idiots know how to defend in advance!

Keane ignored it, but chose to pass it to Scholes. Scholes then gave Giggs on the left. Giggs' cross gave Van Nistelrooy a chance to header, but he missed it.

This seemed to give Ronaldo a chance to express his dissatisfaction. He waved his hand and was a little unhappy that Keane didn't pass the ball to him. Keane glanced at him, then turned and ran back.

Dunn snickered while watching below. Ronaldo, who has just joined Manchester United, is very good at being self-reliant. He is handsome and respected by the head coach. He is quite arrogant and unsocial. His relationship in the Manchester United locker room is also extremely bad. At that time, there were many negative news about him, and even Ferguson was rushed back to his hometown in Portugal for a long time because of a fight with his teammates. At one point, it was reported that he was going to leave Manchester United.

This kid is far from mature now...

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